From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10286 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2020 17:38:32 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 14 Aug 2020 17:38:32 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9DC709DF4A; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:38:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261329CAAE; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:37:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9D3F49CAAE; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:37:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [67.110.179.138]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0C89CAA8 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:37:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF631010C for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:37:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.anteil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8w9QfaI0sodb for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:37:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [192.168.1.22]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36ADC10059 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:37:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:37:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Capp To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: <7222714.1225.1597426668147.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1224_8050139.1597426668145" X-Originating-IP: [192.168.200.43] X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.7_GA_2476.RHEL4 (ZimbraWebClient - SAF3 (Linux)/6.0.7_GA_2473.UBUNTU8) Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" ------=_Part_1224_8050139.1597426668145 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry, I meant AIX, A/UX :-(=20 From: "Jim Capp" =20 To: "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society" =20 Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 1:18:48 PM=20 Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic]=20 I first ran across A/UX at a tradeshow.=20 I can=E2=80=99t recall the date, but I remember very clearly approaching an= IBM sales rep who told me that they took UNIX and =E2=80=9Cfixed all the b= ugs=E2=80=9D.=20 I shook my head and laughed as I walked away.=20 On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Christopher Browne wrote:= =20 On Thu., Aug. 13, 2020, 4:11 p.m. Rich, < rdm@cfcl.com > wrote:=20 > On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton < athornton@gmail.com > wrote:= =20 >=20 > Early AIX is what happens when you give a detailed description of Unix to= mainframers who've never seen Unix, and then tell them to implement that s= ystem, and then ship it, without at any point letting someone who's used an= actual Unix system touch it.=20 My favorite characterization of AIX came from Barry Shein: "It will remind = you of Unix."=20 My favorite was from David Megginson, whose observation was that "you don't= run AIX, you chase it"=20 ------=_Part_1224_8050139.1597426668145 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <= div style=3D'font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'= >Sorry, I meant AIX, A/UX :-(

From: "Jim Cap= p" <jcapp@anteil.com>
To: "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society" = <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 1:18:48 PMSubject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic]

I first ran across A/UX at a tradeshow. 
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I can=E2=80=99t recall the date, but I remember v= ery clearly approaching an IBM sales rep who told me that they took UNIX an= d =E2=80=9Cfixed all the bugs=E2=80=9D.  

I shook my head and laughed as I walked away. 

On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Christophe= r Browne <cbbrowne@gmail.com> wrote:

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On Thu., Aug. 13, 20= 20, 4:11 p.m. Rich, <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:
> On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:18, Adam Thornton <at= hornton@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Early AIX is what happens when you give a detailed description of Unix= to mainframers who've never seen Unix, and then tell them to implement tha= t system, and then ship it, without at any point letting someone who's used= an actual Unix system touch it.

My favorite characterization of AIX came from Barry Shein: "It will remind = you of Unix."

My favorite was from David Megginson, whose observation was that = "you don't run AIX, you chase it"
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